Water quality assessment of the River Nile system: An overview

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-100

  Wahaab, Rifaat A ^a   Badawy, Mohamed I ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Assessment; Lakes; Pollution sources; River Nile; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; MANGANESE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; SULFUR; WATER;

AGRICULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAKE; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RIVER; SEDIMENTATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 2442598179     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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